The original comment seems to have been edited to a sharper statement (thanks, D0TheMath), I hope it’s enough to clear up things.
I agree this qualifier pattern is harmful, in the context of collective action problems, when mutual trust and commitment has to be more firmly established. I don’t believe we’re in that context, hence my comment.
I don’t believe we’re in that context, hence my comment.
It’s important to practice habits when they are useless, or else you end up unpracticed when you need them. So I disagree that a (cheap) habit not being useful in some case is a reason to disregard lack of its use in that case.
The original comment seems to have been edited to a sharper statement (thanks, D0TheMath), I hope it’s enough to clear up things.
I agree this qualifier pattern is harmful, in the context of collective action problems, when mutual trust and commitment has to be more firmly established. I don’t believe we’re in that context, hence my comment.
It’s important to practice habits when they are useless, or else you end up unpracticed when you need them. So I disagree that a (cheap) habit not being useful in some case is a reason to disregard lack of its use in that case.